Hamilton gets McLaren drive

Sunday, 26th November 2006 6:56am

Sometimes there isn't much news in terms of driver movement in F1 during the off season but
this time there has been a lot of speculation as to who was going to partner reigning
champion Fernando Alonso. Alsonso joined McLaren after he moved from Renault and the
previous McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen is now with Ferrari.

So the news is Lewis Hamilton has now been given a chance to drive for McLaren next year. I
cannot say I was really surprised but I had thought Pedro de la Rosa was going to be given
the drive being a McLaren test driver and with F1 experience but it seems that Ron Dennis
has decided to give Hamilton a chance and see what happens.

I expect Lewis to at least get some points because he would have the advantage of a not so
bad McLaren car plus Alonso in his team but I still think Ferarri and Renault will still be
up there in terms of the championship with everybody else playing catch up.